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Boston, 1868. The Civil War may be over but a new war has begun, one between the past and the present, tradition and technology. On a former marshy wasteland, the daring Massachusetts Institute of Technology is rising, its mission to harness science for the benefit of all and to open the doors of opportunity to everyone of merit. But in Boston Harbor a fiery cataclysm throws commerce into chaos, as ships' instruments spin inexplicably out of control. Soon after, another mysterious catastrophe devastates the heart of the city.

Wesley Case is a former soldier and son of a Canadian lumber baron who sets out into the untamed borderlands between Canada and the United States to escape a dark secret from his past. He settles in Montana where he hopes to buy a cattle ranch, and where he begins work as a liaison between the American and Canadian militaries in an effort to contain the Native Americans' unresolved anger in the wake of the Civil War. Amidst the brutal violence that erupts between the Sioux warriors and U.S.

On the sixtieth anniversary of the 1942 roundup of Jews by the French police in the Vel d'Hiv section of Paris, American journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article on this dark episode during World War II and embarks on an investigation that leads her to long-hidden family secrets and to the ordeal of Sarah, a young girl caught up in the raid.

Harry's babyhood was blighted by a brutal step-father. When five, his mother marries a decent man, a coal miner and believer in workers' rights. He graduates from Oxford with dreams of being an artist and working in Paris. But when his grandfather falls ill he elects to accompany him to a sanatorium.

A breathtaking tale set in 1920s Liverpool and London of one girl's determination to trace her roots, find true love and succeed in a world where obstacles lurk around every corner.

Dorset, 1917. If it's not enough that a girl from a good background is forced to work as a maid, Livia Carr is then violated by the master of the house and becomes pregnant. Her only course is to marry the son of the house, Richard Sangster, a World War One hero who has returned home an invalid. He is not expected to live, and he offers Livia and the child legitimacy, as well as his name and estate. Livia grows to love Richard, and his death comes as a great blow to her. Into the breach steps Livia's first love, and Richard's friend, Denton Elliot.

In 1788 they first stepped from their prison ships onto a stunningly beautiful shore. Some were convicts; others were their keepers. But all would become part of an extraordinary undertaking: a heroic triumph of the human spirit...a dramatic struggle over nature's hardships and man's inhumanity...a magnificent victory over a wild, dangerous continent.

It is England, 1860 and Lieutenant Adam Vincent of the Royal Navy is being court-martialled and joins the 40th Foot Regiment. En-route to Australia he is shipwrecked and becomes embroiled in the Maori Wars in New Zealand.